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April 2012Volume 9 No 4

Global Sustainability Instituteand study into climate change and water scarcity

In this issue:

MA Children’s BookIllustration students shareSebastian Walker AwardFull story on page 15 >>

The Research ExcellenceFramework 2012 –preparing our submissionFull story on page 6 >>

An update from theChildhood and YouthResearch InstituteFull story on page 8 >>

Searle Award for Creativity ExhibitionRuskin Gallery, Cambridge

The above exhibition continuesFrom Monday to Friday until

What Would Helen Mirren Do?7.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

The above performance repeatsEvery evening until

Short cuts – CFC course for young people9.00am–12.00noon, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

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plus a film screening on 23 April

Paper Trail7.30pm, Anglia Ruskin Drama Studio, Covent Garden, Cambridge

The above performance repeatsOn the evening of

The 44th Cambridge Drama Festival7.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

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RMS Titanic – CFC special event6.00pm, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

TangenticideRuskin Gallery and Balcony, Cambridge

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+ Private View, 5.00pm, 19 April

Fish & Clips – CFC lunchtime archive film event1.00pm, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge

Lunchtime Concert1.10pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

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The Wedding Singer7.30pm, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge

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IN THIS BULLETINApril 2012 Volume 9 no 4 Bulletin 3

09Alicia to performat Olympicsopeningceremony

18Sports andExercise Sciencesworking with localfootball clubs

26Call for proposalsfor CambridgeFestival of Ideas2012

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With the UK EnvironmentAgency declaring that sevenregions in the east of Englandare officially in drought, acollaborative study, exploringthe impact that climate changeand water scarcity may haveon the economy, industry andelectricity prices in the east ofEngland over the comingdecades, was published on1 March.

The study, Credit FAQ: HowWater Shortages In EasternEngland Could Increase CostsFor UK-Based Utilities, wascarried out by Standard &Poor’s Ratings Services inconjunction with Trucost, anenvironmental dataorganisation, and our GlobalSustainability Institute.

It finds that the east of Englandis likely to face severe watershortages over the next 20years due to significantchanges in rainfall patterns, asteadily increasing populationand the growing impact ofclimate change. These arelikely to lead to increasedenergy prices and createadditional operating andfinancial challenges for utilitiesand energy-intensivebusinesses operating in theregion, which in turn posesgrowing risks for investors.

The study’s key findingsinclude that:

• water shortages mayincrease both the cost ofpower and electricity tariffs.For example, EDF Energy

PLC could – based on their2010 water consumption –incur an additional £1.7million per year waterscarcity costs for Sizewell B(pictured on the front cover),the largest power station onthe east coast in Suffolk.Whereas RWE Npower PLC,which owns the second-largest power station in theregion, Tilbury B in Essex,could – based on the powerstation’s estimated waterusage in 2010 – face costsof more than £51 millionannually. Water scarcity costsreflect the financial impactthat water extraction has onfreshwater replenishment,ecosystem maintenance andthe return of nutrients to thewater cycle.

• based on data from Trucost,if all nine power plantsoperating in the east were tointernalise water scarcitycosts and pass them on inhigher power prices,industrial electricity pricescould increase by around 6%from 2011 levels.

• infrastructure investmentalone may not be sufficientto resolve predicted long-term water shortages.Without increased nationaland local focus on themanagement of waterdemand, water and powercompanies operating in theregion are likely to face bothcontinued water shortagesand increasing operating andcapital costs.

Climate change and water scarcity in eaGlobal Sustainability Institute involved in joint study

LEADING NEWS


� The drought in the east of England could affect the irrigation of crops by farmers.

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Closing date to applyfor a UTFA or an LTPFis 25 May...Full details on page 6

And, among the key questionsanswered in the FAQ are:

• How severe is the currentwater shortage affecting theeast of England?

• Are the current droughtconditions just a short-termproblem?

• How will climate changeaffect rainfall in the future?

• How are the water utilitiesaddressing the effects ofclimate change in the east ofEngland?

• What other plans do theutilities have to conservewater in light of a risingpopulation?

• What pressure will changesin water resources place onlocal water companies?

• What steps are AnglianWater taking to protect theircredit quality in the face ofsuch large investments?

• How could water shortagesaffect power companies andfuture electricity tariffs?

• Apart from shortages, whatother water risks are facingthe east of England?

• Are there any potentialremedies that could helpalleviate water shortages inthe east of England over thelonger term?

Michael Wilkins, credit analystat Standard & Poor’s RatingServices, said, ‘Fixed incomeinvestors are increasinglyconcerned about how climatechange, water scarcity andother environmental risks mayimpact on the creditworthinessof regions and companiesaround the world over thecoming decades. This studysheds lights on the potentialcredit impact of the drought inthe east of England for the firsttime, and analyses how waterscarcity may add a new

dimension to credit risk forinvestors in criticalinfrastructure, such as powerstations and water utilities.’

Trucost research editor, Lieselvan Ast, said, ‘More companiesand investors are looking tomanage water-related risk tosupply chains and investmentportfolios. Water shortages canlead to business disruption andrising water costs that reflectwater stress. Applying waterscarcity costs to water-use dataprovides a proxy for relatedfinancial risk, and enablesorganisations to adapt theirstrategies and develop moresustainable business models.’

Dr Aled Jones, Director of ourGlobal Sustainability Institute,said, ‘The importance of utilitycompanies working inpartnership with localauthorities, governmentagencies and developers isunderpinned by this research.The joint challenge of waterscarcity and coastal floodingrequires an integrated approachby all stakeholders to ensureconsumers are protected asmuch as possible from thesetwin challenges.’

Dr Candice Howarth, ResearchFellow, Global SustainabilityInstitute, added, ‘Managing thelevel of water demand in theeast of England is seen as animportant tool in tackling waterscarcity. Understandingconsumer behaviour andinvesting in consumerengagement processes arepriorities.’

For further information or torequest a full copy of thereport, please contact DrCandice Howarth([email protected]).

In the News

Send your news items to Jon Green, Press Officer, on ext 4717or at [email protected]. To view our latest news releases,visit www.anglia.ac.uk. You can also follow us on Twitter, visitwww.twitter.com/angliaruskin.

2 March, BBC Cambridgeshire, BBC Essex and BBC SuffolkDr Aled Jones, Director of the Global Sustainability Institute,was interviewed about a report examining the impact of waterscarcity in the East of England, produced in conjunction withStandard & Poor’s and Trucost.

29 February, Hindustan TimesSenior Lecturer, Eleanor Richards, was interviewed for a featureon Music Therapy.

24 February, The Guardian (online)Fabrizio Manco, Lecturer in GIS and Ecology, was quoted in anarticle about how to write a CV for the environment andsustainability sector.

22 February, BBC Norfolk and BBC CambridgeshirePerforming Arts student, Alicia Morton, was interviewed aboutbeing selected to dance in the opening ceremony of theOlympics.

17 February, BBC CambridgeshireClare Neal, Lecturer in Communication and Media, talkedabout the current popularity of Sunday night television.

15 February, BBC CambridgeshireMA Children’s Book Illustration students, Heidi Deedman andBecky Palmer, were interviewed about winning the SebastianWalker Award.

13 February, BBC EssexHead of Outreach & Recruitment, Rachel Nedwell, wasinterviewed at the Undergraduate Open Day in Chelmsford.

10 February, BBC CambridgeshireDr Sean Lang, Senior Lecturer in History, talked about CharlesDickens’ links with Cambridge.

9 February, ITV Anglia and BBC CambridgeshireHead of Cambridge School of Art, Chris Owen, and CreativeFront Co-ordinator, Clare Denham, were interviewed ahead ofthe Design Icons exhibition launch party at the Ruskin Gallery.

7 February, BBC Scotland, ITV Anglia, Daily Telegraph (online),Daily Mail (online)Dr Peter Brown, Lecturer in Zoology, was quoted talking abouthis European study into the spread of harlequin ladybirds andtheir impact on native species.

st of England study

REF 2014 – the Research ExcellenceFramework

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Last chance to apply for a University Teaching Fellowship Award and or support from theLearning and Teaching Project Fund

With the publication, inFebruary, of the assessmentcriteria and working methods ofthe main and sub-panels forthe 2014 Research ExcellenceFramework, we now have allthe information for detailedpreparations for our submissionin November 2013. Theguidance from HEFCE isincluded in two documents: the‘Assessment framework andguidance on submissions’ andthe ‘Panel criteria and workingmethods’, both available on thewebsite http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/.

The REF has developed fromthe RAE 2008, with thequality of research beingjudged on three distinctelements: outputs (65%),impact (20%) and researchenvironment (15%). Impact isa new element and assessesthe ‘reach and significance’ ofthe impact of high-qualityresearch (Two Star – that is,research at least recognisedinternationally) on, for example,the economy, society and/orculture. It is not a measure ofacademic impact. Unlike theassessment for the RAE 2008,all 36 Units of Assessment(UoAs) will be assessed usingthe same weightings foroutputs, impact and researchenvironment. The 36 UoAs are

grouped into four main panels.Following consultation on thecriteria and working methodsfor the panels, there is nowgreater harmonisation acrossthe panels.

The REF Strategy Group,chaired by Professor AlanSibbald, is guiding ourpreparations. Currently, the firstexternal assessments are beingundertaken of outputs, impactcase studies, and narrative forthe research environment in thefollowing UoAs: Allied HealthProfessions, Dentistry, Nursingand Pharmacy; Psychology,Psychiatry and Neuroscience;General Engineering;Architecture, Built Environmentand Planning; Geography,Environmental Studies andArchaeology; Business andManagement Studies; Law;Social Work and Social Policy;

Sociology; Education; Sport andExercise Sciences, Leisure andTourism; English Language andLiterature; History; Art andDesign: History, Practice andTheory; Music, Drama, Danceand Performing Arts;

The REF has developed fromthe RAE 2008, with the qualityof research being judged onthree distinct elements: outputs(65%), impact (20%) andresearch environment (15%).

University TeachingFellowship AwardsThe University TeachingFellowship Awards are forstaff who have madeexceptional contributions toour learning and teachingpractice and to that of thehigher education community.

Learning and TeachingProject FundFor the academic year2012–13, Anglia Learningand Teaching will beallocating a maximum of 14awards of up to £3500 eachto support colleagues inlearning and teaching

development and researchprojects.

The closing date forsubmissions to both theabove is 5.00pm on 25 May.

For further information andapplication forms, please see

the Professional Recognitionpages on our website:http://www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/index.php.

Dr Jaki LillyAnglia Learning and Teaching

Communication, Cultural andMedia Studies, Library andInformation Management.

In preparing our submission tothe REF 2014, we are requiredto develop and adhere to ourCode of Practice on theSelection of Staff for the REF.This is similar to therequirement for the RAE 2008.Additionally, our Code ofPractice has to meet therequirements of HEFCE and besubmitted for approval by 31July 2012.

In common with the RAE2008, the outcome from the

REF 2014 – which is anexpert, peer-review process –will be a research-quality profilefor each UoA. This profile willinclude the percentage ofresearch activity rated at eachstandard from Four Star to OneStar and Unclassified, where,for example, Four Star isdefined as ‘quality that is world-leading in terms of originality,significance and rigour’. This isa fairly complex process anddetails may be found in AnnexB of the ‘Assessment frameworkand guidance on submissions’(REF02.2011).

Further information about theREF 2014 may also be foundon Research, Development &Commercial Services’ website(http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/rdcs/research/ref.phtml). Thisincludes a link to the HEFCEREF 2014 website, andpresentations on the REF.Please also contact yourFaculty Director of Researchwho is responsible for thesubmissions from your faculty.For some UoAs, submissionswill span research from morethan one faculty.

Professor Caroline StrangeAssistant Director (ResearchSupport), Research,Development & CommercialServices

This year’s Learning andTeaching Conferenceupdate...Full details on page 12

Our inaugural ResearchInstitutes’ Conference tookplace on 19 January in thenewly opened Lord AshcroftInternational Business Schoolbuilding on our Cambridgecampus. Attended by well over100 delegates, the conferenceprovided a fantasticopportunity for our ResearchInstitutes to showcase theirwork to the wider internalcommunity, celebrate the workthey are involved in andnetwork with staff across allour faculties and campuses.

wellbeing of our region. Todate, we have established fiveResearch Institutes, whichfocus on key research fundingopportunities, bringing togetherrelated research work across allfaculties. It is vital that wekeep everyone up to date aboutwhat is happening in theInstitutes because of theircentral importance to achievingthe goals of our Research andScholarship Strategy. EachResearch Institute is continuingto encourage more colleaguesto get involved in their work.


� Professor Alan Sibbald, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research, Scholarship& Development; Clarissa Campbell-Orr (ALSS); Professor Robert Home(ALSS); Zoe Jaques (FHSCE), Professor Carol Munn-Giddings (FHSCE);Justin Williams (ALSS) and David Sweeney, Director of ResearchInnovation & Skills at HEFCE.

� Dr Beatriz Acevedo and DavidSweeney, Director of ResearchInnovation & Skills at HEFCE.

Research Institutes’ Conference 2012

… a fantastic opportunity for ourResearch Institutes to showcasetheir work to the wider internalcommunity…The conference was opened byour Vice Chancellor, ProfessorMike Thorne, who explainedthat, as an academiccommunity, we are totallycommitted to developing ourresearch, scholarship andknowledge transfer activitiesand to contributing to theenhancement of the social,cultural and economic

During the morning theaudience enjoyed presentationsfrom members of all fiveInstitutes, giving an overviewof what each had achieved todate and their futureaspirations. The two afternoonbreak-out sessions gave staffthe opportunity to find outmore about the work andplans of the Institutes and

provided an excellentopportunity for learning,exchange of ideas and formingnew research partnerships, aswell as valuable networking.

Our guest speaker was DavidSweeney, Director of ResearchInnovation and Skills, at theHigher Education FundingCouncil for England (HEFCE).David gave a very informativepresentation about the futurerole of HEFCE, the researchissues facing universities andthe key challenges ahead.

The day’s events were roundedoff with the presentation of theDeputy Vice Chancellor,Research, Scholarship &Development Awards,presented by David Sweeneyand Professor Alan Sibbald,(Deputy Vice ChancellorResearch, Scholarship &Development). The winnerswere as follows:

Award for Excellence inDoctoral Supervision• Professor Robert Home (ALSS)• Professor Carol Munn-Giddings (FHSCE)

Award for Researcher(Early Career)• Dr Beatriz Acevedo (LAIBS)• Justin Williams (ALSS)• Zoe Jaques (FHSCE)

Award for Researcher(Established)• Clarissa Campbell-Orr(ALSS)

Each winner received a chequefor £2000 to be used toenhance their researchendeavours.

The main organiser of thisconference was BeverleyPascoe. Her hard work inarranging it, supported bycolleagues in Research,Development & CommercialServices, ensured that this wasa first-class event. Considereda significant success by allwho attended, it has beendecided that the ResearchInstitutes’ Conference will nowbe an annual event. The datefor the 2013 conference willbe announced soon.

Dr Aled Jones, Director of theGlobal Sustainability Institute,stated that, ‘The engagementof staff from right across ouroperation was great to see atthe Research Institutes’Conference. Several new areasfor collaboration acrossdepartments, faculties andbetween the ResearchInstitutes have emerged andthe directors of the Instituteswould like to thank all of thosewho attended and wereinvolved in this event. I thinkwe demonstrated that we aredelivering some very excitingand diverse research, whichwe should all be proud of.’

Dr Tony WestDirector, Research,Development & CommercialServices

The Institute strives for the production of high-quality researchthat helps to shape and influence the development andimplementation of policy and practice and responds to thecultural, social, emotional and health needs of children andyoung people. Our work combines research expertise from thefields of the arts, social sciences, education, health and socialcare, social policy and law.

The Childhood and Youth Research Institute is led bysociologist and disability researcher, Dr Chrissie Rogers,supported by a team of three post-doctoral research fellows, DrDarren Sharpe, Dr Tam Sanger and Dr Zoe Jaques.

We have four main research groups:

Children’s Book Illustration – One of our most distinguishedareas of research and teaching, this research centre also buildsupon work in our MA Publishing and MA English Literaturedegrees.Contact: Prof Martin Salisbury ([email protected])

The European Storytelling Archive – An archive of digital filmsof oral storytelling, drawn from a wide range of Europeanlanguages and cultural traditions. A very important part of thisarchive is the Young Storytellers’ Project, which will offer avirtual environment for children and young people to access aselection of stories.Contact: Dr Mick Gowar ([email protected])

Early Childhood Research Group – Research centred upon twomajor, interlinked themes:• Early childhood pedagogies• Pedagogy for the education and training of students andpractitioners in higher education

Contact: Dr Paulette Luff ([email protected])

Children’s Voices – this centre is under developmentContact: Prof Tim Waller ([email protected])

For information about research in other key areas shown below,please contact these staff:

• Children’s Literature – Dr Zoe Jaques([email protected])

• Disability, Inclusion and Special Educational Needs –Dr Chrissie Rogers ([email protected])

• Sexuality, Transgender Identities – Dr Tam Sanger([email protected])

• Professional Practice with Looked After Children and YoungPeople – Prof Claire Cameron ([email protected])

• Parenting – Dr Jane Akister ([email protected])

Events and news from the CYRI• Seminar series date for your diary – Wednesday 18 April,Cambridge campus – Professor Cecile Wright will be theguest speaker from Nottingham Trent University.

• First Biennial Anglia Ruskin Childhood and Youth ResearchInstitute International Conference, ‘Twenty-first CenturyChildhood and Youth: Interdisciplinary Debates andChallenges’ – 13 and 14 September, Cambridge campus.

CYRI is now an ASDAN-registered centre. ASDAN is acharitable social enterprise and approved awardingorganisation, regulated by Ofqual. ASDAN provides curriculumprogrammes to more than 6000 schools, colleges, trainingproviders and youth centres across the UK and beyond.ASDAN’s wide range of curriculum programmes andqualifications offer flexible ways to accredit personal and socialeducation, skills development and enrichment activities, mainlyfor the 11–25 age group (find out more at www.asdan.org.uk).CYRI is now an ASDAN-registered centre and providesaccreditation in Key Skills and the Certificate of PersonalEffectiveness (CoPE) Level 3 for young people and adultsinvolved in user-led research.

Dr Darren Sharpe is working with the Children’s Commissionervia partnership with the University of East Anglia on a projectcalled Recognition and Telling: developing earlier routes tosafety for children and young people.

For more information about CYRI’s work, news and events,please contact Natasha Chandler([email protected]), Childhood and YouthResearch Institute, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education.

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The Childhood and Youth ResearchInstituteThe aim of the Childhood and Youth Research Institute (CYRI) is to bringtogether the diverse experience and expertise of academics from differentdisciplines who share an interest in children, young people and their lives andcreate a multi-disciplinary initiative that will support, encourage and produceresearch and publications of an internationally recognised standard.

Develop skills infacilitating learning viaour VLE...Full details on page 12

One of our students, Alicia Morton, is preparing to perform infront of 80,000 people – and an estimated worldwidetelevision audience of over one billion – after being selected totake part in the opening ceremony of this summer’s OlympicGames.

The third-year BA Performing Arts student, who studies at ourCambridge campus, has secured a role as a dancer in ‘Isles ofWonder’. The London 2012 curtain raiser will be directed byOscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle and is inspired by aline in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Alicia passed two gruelling auditions to land the role, andshe’s relishing performing at the Olympic Stadium in Stratfordon 27 July, despite the months of hard work ahead and theenormity of the occasion. ‘I’m ecstatic that I’ve been given thechance to perform to literally the whole world!’ she said.

‘The biggest audience I have ever performed in front of isabout 250, so the thought of 80,000 people and everyonewatching on TV is a bit scary. But I’m absolutely buzzing thatI’ve been given this opportunity, and my mum and dad arevery proud of me.

‘The first audition was back in September and they wereseeing 200 performers at a time, so it was a large process.Thankfully, I was invited back for a second audition inNovember, which felt much more serious, and I was asked tolearn a routine. Danny Boyle was there himself, watching,and I got the chance to talk to him, which was a wonderfulexperience. All I’ve been told so far is that I will be dancing;I haven’t been told what is involved or even what kind ofcostume I’ll be wearing. I’m sure I’ll find out more once webegin the rehearsal process.’

Dr Gianna Bouchard, Programme Leader for Performing Arts,said, ‘We are very proud of Alicia. Her achievement in beingselected for the opening celebrations is testament to hercommitment and work over the last three years and it will bea wonderful experience for her, creating many lastingmemories. We shall all be looking out for her on the nightand supporting her.’

For more information, please contact Dr Gianna Bouchard [email protected].


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Two books on African LandLaw, Essays in African LandLaw and Local Case Studiesin African Land Law edited byRob Home, Professor of LandManagement, have beenpublished by PretoriaUniversity Law Press. Thevolumes bring togethercontributions from 22 experts,including African andinternational academics andconsultants. Many of thecontributors are lawyers, but

also included are planners,land surveyors, geographersand social scientists.

Professor Rob Home wasinvited to edit these volumesby Pretoria University LawPress as part of a project onthe rule of law, sponsored bythe World Bank.

For more information, pleasecontact Professor Rob Home([email protected]).

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Dr Aled Jones, Director of ourGlobal Sustainability Institute,and Jonathan Smith, SeniorLecturer in the Lord AshcroftInternational Business Schoolhave both written part of arecently published book,Managing Climate ChangeBusiness Risks andConsequences: Leadership forGlobal Sustainability.

The book, published byPalgrave Macmillan inFebruary, was edited byJames AF Stoner and CharlesWankel, and is part ofPalgrave’s GlobalSustainability ThroughBusiness series.

The book presents theargument that climate changepresents a number of risks tothe economy and societyincluding physical, market,policy and security risks.Some of these risks are moreimmediate than others, but allwill need careful managementover time. This book outlineshow climate change couldhave major impacts ondifferent sectors of business

andexplores someof the risk managementtechniques currently used byleading businesses as aresponse.

Dr Aled Jones co-authoredchapter 3, ‘Climate risk fromprimary insuranceperspective’, with LáraJóhannsdóttir (University ofIceland) and James Wallace(Royal & Sun Alliance). Thechapter shows that climaterisks are significant for theprimary insurance industry.These risks also impact allaspects of the insurance

sector, from general to lifeinsurance as well asprofessional indemnity andsecurity-related insurance.Different insurers are atdifferent stages ofapproaching this risk.However, there are also greatopportunities to tackle theissue and, if done well, it willmean a stronger insurancesector supporting society.Three questions are addressedin this chapter:1) What does climate risk

mean for insurers?2) How can climate risk be

dealt with and/or reduced?3) What are the climate

change opportunities?

Jonathan Smith co-authoredchapter 4, ‘CompetitiveAdvantages and RiskManagement:Capitalizing on the EconomicBenefits of Sustainability’,with Efrain Quiros III. In thischapter Smith and Quirosreview the fundamental rolesand responsibilities ofbusiness, and highlight theimportance of theinterdependent relationship

between business and theenvironment. They argue thatenvironmental–businessinteractions and dynamicsdemonstrate that actively andcreatively engaging the issuesof global sustainability isnecessary for managingbusiness risks and for sensiblebusiness practice. Theyexplore the sustainability-engagement experiences oftwo leading companies –HSBC and Walmart – toprovide examples of differingways in which moresustainable business practicescan be integrated intobusiness activities to gaincompetitive advantages andeconomic benefits. Asobserved in these examples,approaches to sustainabilityengagement are far fromgeneric and one-dimensional.

For more information aboutthe book and theircontributions to it, pleasecontact Dr Aled Jones([email protected]) orJon Smith([email protected]).

African Land Law: two volumes published

Contributions to book on the impactclimate change can have on business

Lifting the lid onbullying and harassmentsessions...Full details on page 20

This is the fourth semester formy husband William and me(pictured above) to lecture part-time at Anglia Ruskin. As wellas teaching, we have alwaysenjoyed having our ownbusiness, too, which is why westarted our publishingcompany, Safkhet Publishing,in 2010, at a time that alsocoincided with my starting mystudies here for the MAPublishing.

Initially, when we set it up, wedidn’t know if Safkhet wouldwork, if in this climate weshould even give it a go.Several people called us allsorts of things, ranging fromsilly to stupid, brave tobonkers. One man, though,believed in us and our idea.William found an Americaninvestor who was willing tolend us the not insignificantamount needed to set up our

publishing house. This investorgave us the financial means topay set-up fees, purchase ISBNnumbers, software andhardware, and he gave us thecourage to stick our necks outwithout having had muchexperience. I thought, ‘If it goesall wrong, we’ll just call it astudent project’. I’d just noteven mention it. Other skillsand achievements were quiteenough on the CV to impress,so why would I need tomention that we’d tried to setup a publishing house if it goeswrong? However, it seems it isnot going so wrong after all.Within less than a year, wepublished seven books; severalmore are lined up forpublication.

Recipes for Disaster (picturedabove, right) is one of myideas. The author, SherylBrowne, had contacted us to

ask if we wereinterested inpublishing herromantic comedynovels. Weweren’t really,but I thoughtthis would be apossibility tohave an author write anovel around some of myfavourite recipes to deliversomething readers like:entertainment and easy-to-follow recipes magicallyintertwined. She did such afantastic job (particularlyconsidering that, in thebeginning, she only had therecipe names for inspiration)that she was on the local BBCradio station on 22 Februaryand her book sold over 7000copies on Amazon in week 1!It even made #1 on Amazon’sbestseller list! Needless to say,we are very pleased.

Every day, we receive severalsubmissions; word spreadsfast. We now want toconcentrate on our imprints,Safkhet Fantasy (obviouslyfantasy books), Safkhet Soul(romantic comedy), SafkhetCookery (cookbooks with atwist), and Safkhet Select(books with a special interestaudience). Alongside Will andme, a small team of freelancersand wonderfully enthusiasticstudents seeking workexperience make this allhappen, and there is not a daywhen we regret what westarted. We have so much funat work that we sometimeswonder if this is evenpermissible. On a typical day atwork, we bounce back andforth between the LordAshcroft Business School andthe office, read submissions,


From lecturer to publisherA way to keep on learning as well as teaching

talk toreadersandauthors onFacebookand Twitter,write blogposts andarticles, sendbooks toreviewers and,

of course, produce books. Weproofread, typeset, design,draft, draw, chat, laugh, takephotos of sexy men’s legspartially covered in pink pinnys,set up author events, signings,readings, test-cook recipes, takethe dog out for long walks, onwhich we hold our editorialmeetings, completely ignoringthe usual note-taking in stuffyrooms, and call bookshops tosell the books. And sometimes,we gather around the radio andlisten to our authors on theBBC!

We have come quite far in ashort time with the help we’vereceived from so many people.To date, we have broken evenon all individual titles publishedat Safkhet, and our plans forthe next three years are topublish at least two books ineach imprint, and, of course, togain loyal readers so we canactually pay ourselves a salary.

And if you are wondering aboutthe name of our publishinghouse, Safkhet is the Egyptiangoddess of wisdom, books andlibraries and is the consort ofThoth, the Egyptian god ofwriting: Egypt is where we,Safkhet Publishing’s owners,met in 1993.

Kim Maya SuttonLecturer, Lord AshcroftInternational Business School

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Developed by the ‘queen ofonline learning’, Professor GillySalmon, and her colleagueDavid Shepherd, of All Thingsin Moderation, the highlyacclaimed four-week online e-moderating course will developyour skills, experience andtechniques in creating,

promoting, running anddeveloping successful onlinelearning groups, using our VLE.As well as making extensiveuse of the VLE’s discussionboard, activities will alsoinvolve the use of the VLE’swiki and blog tools.

The course is run entirelyonline asynchronously on ourVLE over a four-week period,beginning on Monday 30 April.

Who should participate?Academics and staff who arealready involved in onlineteaching or would like to be

soon. The programmeaccommodates lecturers andtutors with a wide range ofprior skills and knowledge.

Time commitmentA minimum of 25 hours overfour weeks, plus a willingnessto log on at least three times aweek over the four-week periodand take part.

SupportParticipants will be supportedby an experienced e-convenorand provided with thecompanion textbook,E-Moderating: The Key to

Teaching and Learning Online,by Gilly Salmon.

Places are strictly limited to 15per iteration, so please reserveyours quickly by [email protected].

The closing date forapplications is Friday 20 April.

For more information, pleasevisit the Anglia Learning andTeaching website(www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/staff-support.php/Staff-Development-Support-Short-Courses-3/).

Annual Learning and Teaching ConferenceEngage: Sharing and engaging others in good practice to enhanceLearning, Teaching and Assessment

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Our 13th Annual Learning andTeaching Conference will beheld on Monday 25 June onour Cambridge campus.

Come and enjoy engagingkeynote speakers, includingProfessor Robert Duke of theUniversity of Texas, Austin, andpresentations by yourcolleagues; participate indevelopmental workshops;discuss current issues; discoverwho has: achieved a UniversityTeaching Fellowship, beenawarded Learning and Teachingproject funding or received aVice Chancellor’s Award.

Last year we were delighted towelcome over 150 delegates towhat proved to be a veryenjoyable and informativeevent. Feedback was verypositive, respondents found theday ‘stimulating’, ‘constructive’,‘participative’ and‘inspirational’, 88% rated theconference as excellent or good,adding comments such as,‘Definitely the best ever yet!’

The theme this year is ‘Sharingand engaging others in goodpractice to enhance Learning,Teaching and Assessment’, andwe are confident that theprogramme will be just as wellreceived as last year!

To register for ‘Engage’, pleasevisit www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/engage-registration. Places arelimited. Please register as soonas possible to guarantee yours!

For further information, pleasesee the conference web pages(www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/annual-conference). Check these pagesregularly for conferenceupdates.

‘Engage’: call for workshopsand presentationsPapers to be published inAnglia Learning and Teaching’speer-reviewed Journal:NetworksColleagues are invited tosubmit abstracts for workshopsand presentations of papers atour 13th Annual Learning and

Teaching Conference, ‘Engage’.There will also be theopportunity for papersassociated with the workshopsand presentations accepted forthe conference to be peer-reviewed and published asConference Proceedings inAnglia Learning and Teaching’sjournal, Networks, whichhighlights innovation and goodpractice in learning andteaching at Anglia RuskinUniversity.

AbstractsThe theme of the conference is‘Sharing and engaging others ingood practice to enhanceLearning, Teaching andAssessment’, and this will bewidely interpreted to allow for arange of topics related toteaching and learning.

The deadline for submission ofabstracts is 7 May. Pleasecomplete the Session ProposalForm at www.lta.anglia.ac.uk/session-proposal.

PapersThe associated full papers(2000 words) should besubmitted for publication inNetworks. The deadline forsubmission of final papers is 9July. Papers will be peer-reviewed by independentreviewers. Networks’ formattingand submission requirementsare on the Publications pagesof Anglia Learning andTeaching’s website atwww.lta.anglia.ac.uk/networks/.

Conference registrationPresenters will also be requiredto register for the conference.Registration can be completedonline atwww.lta.anglia.ac.uk/engage-registration.

Sharon WallerDeputy Director, AngliaLearning and Teaching

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A new journal edited by, andfeaturing contributions from,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences’ academicspublished its inaugural issuein February 2012.

Book 2.0 is an exciting newinterdisciplinary journalexploring currentdevelopments in all aspects ofbook production, design,distribution and consumption.Re-evaluating the place of thebook in the twenty-firstcentury within the context ofthe medium’s rich history asa platform for sharingknowledge and ideas, thejournal also explores thepossibilities for the bookafforded by recentdevelopments incommunication technologies,speculating on what thefuture holds for the book.

Book 2.0 assembles writers,teachers, researchers, artists,designers, editors, publishersand book lovers of allbackgrounds to provide a

forum for debate, discussionand original thinking.

In this inaugural issue,contributors examine thechanging role of the book andof literacy.

Contributions from ALSSinclude:

• The difficulties in producingelectronic editions of earlymodern literature arediscussed by EugeneGiddens, Professor ofShakespeare andRenaissance Literature who,with emphasis on the worksof Shakespeare, identifiesthe reasons as to why thistransition has beenunexpectedly slow, offeringpotential solutions.

• Sarah Gibson Yates,Lecturer in Film, looks athow online and offlineworlds intersect through thedevelopment of User, acreative writing work-in-progress that analyses howsocial media has turned the

self into acreativework and adigitalidentity tobemarketed.

• Award-winningwriter andSeniorLecturer inCreativeWriting, ColettePaul discusses the art ofthe short story with MickGowar, Senior Lecturer inContextual Studies, in aninsightful interview, sharingher thoughts on the appealand potential of thisenduring form of fiction.

Principal Editor of Book 2.0 isEmeritus Professor and formerHead of Cambridge School ofArt and Associate Dean,Anthony Harrild, and thejournal is co-edited by DrMick Gowar, Lecturer inContextual Studies, and DrSamantha Rayner, Director of


New interdisciplinaryjournal launched

the Cultures of the DigitalEconomy Research Instituteand Senior Lecturer inPublishing.

The inaugural issue of Book2.0 is available for freedownload at:http://tinyurl.com/73xneb2.

For more information, pleasecontact Mick Gowar([email protected]) orSamantha Rayner([email protected]).

Over 100 students fromCambridge School of Artattended an employabilityevent in February, entitled,What Next? Creative CareersStudent Conference. This event– which covered key areassuch as pitching for business,setting up a creative businessand finding a studio – featuredguest speakers, who gave theirexperiences of how to succeedin creative careers.

Alison Branagan, author of TheEssential Guide to Business

for Artists and Designers gavethe keynote speech, guidingstudents through the sevensteps to establishing abusiness. The other speakersincluded: Andy Eaton,photographer and ITInfrastructure entrepreneur;Elinor Morgan from WysingArts Centre; and Paul Flowerof Honest Advertising Agency.

They talked about theirexperiences in building uptheir businesses, and thelessons they had learnt. Three

valuable common strandsappeared from their successstories: the importance of hardwork, the need to networkeffectively, and the importanceof being reliable – valuablelessons to these studentsperhaps for success on theircourses, as well as inbusiness.

Sarah JonesFaculty Marketing andRecruitment Manager,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

What Next answers key questions

� Zeb and Abdul with Iliana Calambokis from the admin team. � Zeb and Abdul test out some of the equipment in the University EyeClinic with the help of Clinic Manager, Neil Guest.

Each year, one of our localschools with which AngliaRuskin enjoys a strong bondruns what they call a ‘Take-Over’ day. This sees studentsfrom across the school gettinginvolved in a wide range ofwork-experience type activities,both in and out of school. Thisyear, the school was Jack HuntSchool in Peterborough.

Jointly co-ordinated by theScience & TechnologyAdministration team and theOutreach & Recruitment team,Friday 24 February saw twoJack Hunt pupils, Zeb andAbdul, arrive on our Cambridgecampus for a busy day oftechnology-orientated ‘Take-Over’. Zeb and Abdul’s ownwords will best explain howthey got on. Below are somehighlights from the feedbackthey sent us:

‘At the start of the day we met thestaff in the Admin Office, andIliana gave us a brief summary onhow the office works and how theykeep all of the students’ records.After that we visited Forensic

Science and got to see variousmachinery and microscopes thathelp students identify differentsubstances they find at a crimescene. We found this absolutelyfascinating.

‘Then we were shown around theComputing and TechnologyDepartment by Chris Holmes. Wewere shown forensic computingteams, whose jobs are to hackinto suspects’ computers and findsuspicious files. This was veryexciting to see, as it was very CSI-like. After that we were shownhow 3D games and animationsare made. Being gamersourselves, to see how video gamesare made was awesome!

‘After lunch we had a chance tomeet Dr Sylvia Cirstea whoanswered many of our questionson teaching and mathematics inuniversity. She kindly let us attendone of her analytical essentialslectures on differentiation; this wasa great opportunity to see classesand lectures in action.

‘We then got to see the UniversityEye Clinic, where we found out

this was a regular clinic thatpeople can visit and be tested bythird-year students. This was allvery surprising as you would neverexpect an optician’s clinic in themiddle of a university. We wereshown all the hi-tech machinerythat was used to test the patientsand were even given a chance tosee our eyes in 3D! It was all veryexciting!

‘Lastly, we were given a tour of thePsychology Department and theaudio studios. The PsychologyDepartment was very cool as wegot a chance to use somesoftware and mind puzzles. Wealso got a chance to visit the audiostudios and see students recordingmusic, using both analogue anddigital recording devices in thesound-proof rooms, all of whichwere as good as any professionalstudio.

‘At the end of the day we took allof our stuff as well as the goodiebags (which the staff kindly gaveus) and we headed home, verysatisfied and excited about goingto university in the future. Overall,it was a marvellous experience

and both of us are very grateful forthe opportunity. Thanks to all staffand lecturers who supervised uson the day.’

Iliana Calambokis, from theFaculty of Science & Technologyadmin team, who helped hostthe pupils commented, ‘We hadthe pleasure to welcome Zeband Abdul in our faculty andwere happy to hear that theyhad a lovely and constructiveday with us. They were bothvery enthusiastic and showedtrue interest in the activities andthe work done here – especiallyin the Department of Computingand Technology. We wish themthe best and hope to have themwith us soon as our students.’

John MenziesMarketing Co-ordinator,Faculty of Science &Technology

Marc RotheraOutreach & Recruitment,Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

Faculty of Science & Technology faces‘Take-Over’ attempt by school pupils!

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Illustrators Heidi Deedman andBecky Palmer have been namedas the inaugural winners of theSebastian Walker Award,sponsored by leading children’spublishers Walker Books. Theprize, for the most promisingAnglia Ruskin UniversityChildren’s Book Illustrationstudent of 2012, was made atFoyle’s Bookshop on CharingCross Road in London, wherethe MA Children’s BookIllustration GraduationExhibition was held in February.

The news came as two of ourrecent graduates had beenshortlisted for the prestigiousWaterstones Children’s BookPrize 2012. No! by MartaAltes and Nadia Shireen’s GoodLittle Wolf are in the six-strongPicture Books category, with thewinner announced on 28 March(as this issue is being printed!).

Sebastian Walker Award-winnersHeidi Deedman and BeckyPalmer share the £500 prize andwill also have their MA project

considered on a first-optionbasis by Walker Books. Theaward was established last yearto commemorate the 20thanniversary of SebastianWalker’s death.

Deirdre McDermott, WalkerBooks’ Picture Book Publisher,said, ‘The high standard ofillustration from the Children’sBook Illustration MA students isrecognised worldwide, and thestudents’ work this year is noexception.


� At the exhibition (l–r), Professor of Illustration, Martin Salisbury; BeckyPalmer; Walker Books’ Picture Book Publisher, Deirdre McDermott;Walker Books’ Art Director, Ben Norland; and Heidi Deedman.

Students share Sebastian Walker AwardAs graduates make Waterstones shortlist

‘Heidi Deedman is a joint prizewinner because we think thather art is very original and hercharacters are amusinglyexpressive. We also choseBecky Palmer as a prizewinnerbecause we think that herdraughtsmanship is simplyextraordinary. Becky also writesvery well; her storytelling iswitty and the keen observationand characterisation of peoplein her art is perfect for picture-book publishing.’

Professor Martin Salisbury,Course Leader for the MA inChildren’s Book Illustration,said, ‘We are delighted to beworking with Walker Books inthis way and hope that this willbe a long and mutuallybeneficial partnership. We areespecially pleased for Heidi andBecky, both of whom areexciting new talents.’

For examples of the students’work, please visitwww.cambridgeMAshow.com,and for more information,please contact Professor MartinSalisbury([email protected]).

� Illustration by Becky Palmer.

� Illustration by Heidi Deedman.

On 1 February, ALSS hostedthe first Criminal Justice

Summit, organised jointly bythe Employability and Careers

Service and Emma Brett, fromHumanities & Social Sciences.Over 40 students attended thesession where they heard arange of speakers talk abouttheir own career paths, currentrecruitment patterns in theirsector and how to make asuccessful application.Speakers included Helen Carter,Deputy Governor of HMPSLittlehey, Christine Goff fromthe Probation Service, ChrisSmith from CambridgeshirePolice and Shawn Grady, anALSS postgraduate student andSpecial Constable.

Kate Baker, from theEmployability and CareersService, said, ‘This was ahighly successful event thatenabled the students to gain afirst-hand perspective oncareers in the world of criminaljustice. The opportunity to askquestions directly to individualscurrently employed in their fieldof interest was invaluable. Weaim to be running many moreof these summits in the future!’

For more information, pleasecontact Emma Brett([email protected]).

ALSS hosts first Criminal Justice Summit

� Speakers at the summit (l–r): Chris Smith, CambridgeshireConstabulary (standing), Helen Carter, Deputy Governor HMP Littlehey;Shawn Grady, ALSS postgraduate student and Special Constable; andChristine Goff, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Probation Trust.

Dr Pauline Lane (Reader inMental Health, Faculty ofHealth, Social Care &Education) has recentlyconducted research – withSiobhan Spencer MBE andMuzelley McCready from theDerbyshire Gypsy LiaisonGroup – on ageing in gypsyfamilies. The research wasfunded by the Joseph RowntreeFoundation (JRF) for their newcampaign, Perspectives. Thecampaign aims to give a voiceto older people from very

different backgrounds, with theJRF website showcasing theirexperiences on a dedicatedmicrosite(http://betterlife.jrf.org.uk/).

Since the microsite went live(13 February 2012), it hasattracted media interest,including mentions in thecommunity care andinternational longevity centreblogs, the UK age researchforum website and an article inMature Times. The Guardian

Society email was quoted assaying: ‘The Joseph RowntreeFoundation is today launchinga wonderful campaign toencourage people to thinkdifferently about old age. It ispart of a research programmelooking at how we can ensurea better life for older peoplewith high support needs.’

Pauline has recently been askedto join the Scientific Committeeof the European AcademicNetwork on Romani Studies

and to become a member of areference group for theDepartment of Health’sInclusion Health Programme. InJune, she will also bepresenting a paper, withSiobhan Spencer, on the Politicsof Ageing in Gypsy Families atthe Royal AnthropologicalInstitute conference,Anthropology in the World.

For further information, [email protected].

Students shortlisted for scholarship awardNEWS


Over 100 people attended thesocial work open evening heldon 8 February at Guild House,Peterborough. The event,organised by the Faculty ofHealth, Social Care & Education(FHSCE) and Peterborough CityCouncil (PCC), gave visitors theopportunity to find out moreabout the trainee social workscheme run by PCC as well as

the part-time course offered byFHSCE.

Kathy Kingham (Part-TimePathway Leader, FHSCE)opened the evening bydiscussing the part-timeprogramme (one of very fewoffered in the UK) and thevarious options available toapplicants. She was followed bycurrent students on the PCCtrainee scheme, who spokeabout their experiences, fromthe application process andstarting at university topreparing for placements. Thefinal presentation was by JulieBarnard (Peterborough CityCouncil’s Children ServicesWorkforce DevelopmentManager), who spoke about thetrainee scheme.

Once the presentations hadfinished, visitors had a chanceto speak with representativesfrom Anglia Ruskin (includingcurrent part-time and Mastersstudents), the City Council’sFostering Service and theirAdult Service, and our Students’Union.

Jonathan Secker (Recruitment &Communications Lead, FHSCE)commented, ‘The evening wasa great success and is thebiggest event we have held atour Guild House campus. TheCouncil trainee scheme isalways popular, but this year wesaw increased interest in theself-funding route, and peoplereally keen to gain a formalqualification that will allowthem to make a difference. The

event feedback was verypositive and it is clear that thisscheme makes a real differenceto the City of Peterborough.’

Feedback from the eventshowed the current traineestudents’ presentation as beingexcellent; 94% of attendeesfound the evening great orexcellent, with over 85% ratingthe venue as good andaccessible. On the back of theevent, over 60 attendeesplanned to apply for the part-time course at Anglia Ruskin(and, subsequently, the traineescheme).

For more information, pleasecontact Jonathan Secker([email protected]).

Anglia Ruskin students BishalGurung and Carl Allen havebeen shortlisted for aprestigious nursing scholarshipaward offered by the UK’sleading charity for nurses.

Carl, a third-year Midwiferystudent at our Fulbourncampus, was selected for thecategory of OutstandingStudent Midwife, whilstBishal, a second-year AdultNursing student also atFulbourn, was shortlisted for

the Cavell OutstandingStudent Nurse award.

The winners of the fivecategories will each receive upto £2000 to fund expensesincurred on tailor-made workplacements, enabling them tofurther their nursing studies inthe area of their choice. Therunner-up in each categorywill win a Sony Vaio laptopcomputer.Judging of all five categories ofthe awards took place on

1 February at The Nursingand Midwifery Council.

The two judging panels, madeup of Trustees of CavellNurses’ Trust, professionalnurses and nursing andmidwifery academic universityheads of faculty, interviewed23 shortlisted candidates.Jasmin Rana, the Awards Co-ordinator said, ‘The judges feltthat the students were all ofan exceptionally high calibre,which made the task of

selecting the five winners andrunners-up even more difficult.They were also very inspiredby some of the individualswho were interviewed.’

The winners will be announcedat an awards ceremony to beheld in a prestigious Londonvenue in April.

Jonathan SeckerRecruitment andCommunications Lead, Faculty ofHealth, Social Care & Education

Gypsy research

Social work open evening is a great success

� Pictured at the podium are (l–r)Kathy Kingham and Julie Barnard.

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On 29 February, the Collegeof Optometrists held itssecond eastern regional eventfor local members at ourCambridge campus. The eventwas attended by over 70practicing optometrists andprovided valuable professionaldevelopment opportunities, aswell as the chance tonetwork.

On the night, the UniversityEye Clinic hosted gonioscopyand Volk lenses workshops.The Volk workshop was run

by Addenbrooke’s Hospital’sConsultant Optometrist,Jonathan Kennan, and formerAnglia Ruskin Optometrystudent, Daniel Hardiman-McCartney, who currentlypractises at an independentoptometrists in Cambridge.The gonioscopy workshop wasrun by Dr Dan Rosser,Principal Optometrist atNorfolk and NorwichUniversity Hospital, and PaulReeves, optometrist, Norwich.

Optometrist Daryl Tabrettsaid, ‘The workshop was anexcellent opportunity for meto use equipment that’smostly used in hospitaloptometry. It was useful tolearn the theory, see ademonstration and thenpractise on a patient underthe guidance of anexperienced practitioner.’

The workshop sessions werefollowed by a series of talks inthe Lord Ashcroft Building,introduced by Director of theUniversity Eye Clinic andTrustee of the College ofOptometrists, Dr Peter Allen.Professor Madhavan Rajan ofthe Vision and Eye ResearchUnit discussed ‘Innovations inlasers, light and lenses foranterior segment surgery’, andProfessor John Wild delivereda lecture, entitled ‘Willlistening to this lecture benefitthe patients whom you seetomorrow and on Friday?’.

Dr Peter Allen commented onthe hosting of the event, ‘The


� Dr Dan Rosser supervising the gonioscopy workshop.

evening was a great success.We had 70+ delegates fromaround the east of Englandattend and hear two fantasticspeakers give excellentpresentations. The LordAshcroft Building andUniversity Eye Clinic was anideal venue for this sort ofevent.’

Regional events wereintroduced in 2009, and over1000 optometrists haveattended. Julie Hawkins,Events Manager at theCollege, commented,‘Regional events offermembers the opportunity tohear from leadingprofessionals and stay up todate with the latestdevelopments in eye health.We are delighted to offermembers these free events,which also give ContinuingEducation and Trainingpoints.’


College of Optometrists’ regional eventHosted by Vision and Hearing Sciences

A number of our MA CreativeWriting graduates have beenin touch recently to tell usabout their successes. Here isa brief round-up of theircurrent projects andachievements:

• Penny Hancock’s bookTideline has beenextensively well reviewed invarious publicationsincluding Marie Claire, TheSun and The Daily Mail.There was also a verypositive mention for the

book in The Guardian’scrime round-up:www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/30/laura-wilson-crime-fiction-reviews

• Kaddy Benyon has beenshortlisted for the SaltCrashaw Prize(blog.saltpublishing.com/2012/02/07/the-shortlist-for-the-crashaw-prize-2011) forher collection of poetry. Youcan follow Kaddy on Twitterat @KaddyBenyon.

• Elaine Bishop and GuinGlasfurd Brown have both

received a prestigiousEscalator Award. This yearsaw the highest number ofapplicants that the prizehas so far received, and theorganisers said the standardwas the highest, too, so thisis a fantastic achievement.You can read more aboutthe prize, and sample Guinand Elaine’s work on theWriter’s Centre Norwichwebsite(www.writerscentrenorwich.org.uk/Writing_Competition.aspx).

• One of our BA (Hons)Writing and Dramagraduates, Simon Coard,was also highlycommended.

We wish continued successfor all our graduates and hopeto be able to report more oftheir achievements in the nearfuture.

Colette PaulPathway Leader, Writing,Faculty of Arts, Law & SocialSciences

Further success for our Creative Writing graduates

On site at University Centre WestAnglia, Rachael Cole with thepython.

Continuing the team’s effortsto support recruitment to allof our joint venture partners,on Tuesday 22 February theOutreach & Recruitmentteam, along with a member ofthe Publications Advertisingand e-Marketing team, visitedUniversity Centre West Angliaat Cambridge, the campusmany know as Milton.

Offering BSc and FdSc EquineStudies (which is deliveredjointly at Anglia RuskinCambridge and the Miltoncampus), BSc and FdScVeterinary Nursing andApplied Animal Behaviour andFdSc in Applied Animal

Behaviour, we needed toensure that we understoodabout the specific targetaudiences to help inform thebest ways to offer oursupport. We spent themorning learning about thecourses and seeing thefacilities available to thestudents, and the brave onesamongst us even got tohandle a python!

The Outreach & Recruitmentteam has started developingactivities with the UniverstityCentre, including tours of theCambridge campus forstudents coming to EquineStudies interviews. We will

also be working to develop anoverarching marketing plan tosupport recruitment to allcourses delivered at theUCWA Cambridge campusand look forward todeveloping workingrelationships with colleaguesthere.

Rachael ColeOutreach & RecruitmentOfficer, Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

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Our Sport and ExerciseSciences programme recentlywelcomed Histon andCambridge United footballersback to the Cambridge campusto undergo a second round oftesting design to assess theirmid-season fitness levels.

The players were subjected toa number of carefully selectedtests carried out over a numberof days by academics andstudents. The tests werechosen to replicate bodymovements regularly performedby footballers and includedmuscle strength, aerobiccapacity, endurance, sprintspeed and agility, lower-limbquickness and vertical leapassessments.

The results from the latestround of testing will becompared with the data gainedfrom that done pre-season toestablish the relative fitnesslevels of the teams and toinform training sessions for theremainder of the season, asHiston looks to secure its safety

in the Blue Square North, andCambridge United hopes topush onto the Blue SquarePremier play-offs and,hopefully, to promotion back tothe football league.

Sports Science ResearchAssistant Oliver Caddy, whohelped supervise much of thetesting, commented, ‘We werehappy to welcome Histon andCambridge back to AngliaRuskin for their mid-seasontesting. They were put throughrigorous testing for endurance,speed and agility, and theyshowed a range ofimprovements on the start ofthe season. Of course, thisbodes well for them, and fromwhere we are standing theplayers are looking in goodcondition for the rest of theseason. Once again, we arelooking forward to seeing bothteams convert their fitness intogoals.’

John MenziesMarketing Co-ordinator, Facultyof Science & Technology

Working with University Centre West Anglia

� Histon Striker Dan Holman undergoes VO² max testing.

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Anglia Law School is pleasedto announce the permanentappointment of Dr Teng GuanKhoo (pictured above) asSenior Lecturer in Law. TengGuan began his journey withAnglia Law School as anundergraduate and has beenan ambassador for the LawSchool throughout his studies.His story is one of mutualcommitment and support, asTeng Guan explains, ‘December2011 represents a keywatershed in my life. After overa decade of study at AngliaRuskin University, I achievedthe pinnacle of my studies withthe completion of my PhD.Little did I know, back inSeptember 1999, that myjourney would be so long andwould culminate in what hasbeen a third of my lifetimestudying and working at AngliaRuskin. It is important to me,however, that this does not end

my journey and, following thecompletion of my Doctorate, Inow embark upon the nextstage of my career, this time asa Senior Lecturer within theLaw School. This is animportant challenge, as I amcommitted to use the wealth ofexperience and knowledge thatI have gained through mystudies to pass on to thecurrent intake of studentsembarking upon their owncareers, and try to encouragethem to maximise their ownachievements, as I have mine.While at Anglia Ruskin, I havecompleted my studies atundergraduate – LLB (Hons) –and postgraduate –Postgraduate Diploma in LegalPractice, LLM and PhD – levelsand have settled inChelmsford.

I am exceedingly proud ofbeing offered a full-time post

here and, while I now reside inEngland, I have not lost sightof my roots in Penang,Malaysia, and am proud to saythat my achievements havebeen celebrated back at homealso, not just by my immediatefamily and friends but alsothrough my ancestralclanhouse, the Khoo Kongsi(Khoo Clan House). Almost175 years old and with itsheadquarters in Fujian Provincein the People’s Republicof China, the clan buildingcelebrates the academicachievements of its clansmenand already displays threeplaques commemorating myprevious studies and, beforethe end of this year, will beunveiling a new plaque tohonour the ultimateachievement of my PhD.

Now, as I look forward to thefuture, I retain the enthusiasm


Anglia Law School celebrates asuccess story

and excitement I initially felt onmy first day of study as Ientered Kolej PTPL (formerlyInstitute Perkim Goon), AngliaRuskin University’s partnercollege, in Penang in 1999.This has not diminished in anyway. I remain grateful to allmy friends and colleagues whohave helped me and welcomedme over the years and enabledme to build my career and,now that my studies are over,continue to support me in myefforts to develop my researchand teaching and contribute tothe ongoing journey of AngliaRuskin itself.’

We wish Teng Guan continuedsuccess and a long and happyfuture at Anglia Ruskin!

Sarah JonesFaculty Marketing andRecruitment Manager, Arts,Law & Social Sciences

What’s going on?Lifting the lid on bullying andharassment

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In last year’s Staff Opinion Survey, some 90% of 769respondents said we were fulfilling our equality and diversityresponsibilities well enough or better. This was good news.However, in the same survey, 16.8% of respondents reportedthat they had experienced bullying or harassment at workduring the previous two years. This was not good news: no oneshould have to experience these behaviours at work.

To explore these issues, we are holding two focus groupdiscussions, one on each main campus. The purpose of thediscussions is to ‘lift the lid’ and look below the statistics, toget a better idea of what is going on. For instance, we want toknow whether colleagues have experienced bullying orharassment on grounds of some equality factor, or haveexperienced both. We also want to find out whetherperpetrators tend to be colleagues/peers, managers, students,visitors or others. When analysed by equality factor, somegroups were more likely to have experienced bullying orharassment than others. We need to explore this dimension,too. For this, we need your help.

The discussions are scheduled as follows:

ChelmsfordWednesday 18 April, 12.00noon–2.00pm, Room MAB 109

CambridgeWednesday 25 April, 12.00noon–2.00pm, Room HEL 115

Coffee and tea will be provided and you are welcome to bringyour lunch. If you would like to take part, please note that thediscussions will be conducted under ‘Chatham House rules’,meaning that issues can leave the room, but will not beattributed to individuals. All participants will be asked to agreeto this.

The discussions will be facilitated by Dr Felicity Cooke. Felicityis currently an independent equality practitioner and a memberof the Board of Directors of the Equality Challenge Unit.Previously, she was Head of equality and diversity at theUniversity of Cambridge, and then at Oxford. She is also aformer chair and steering group member of the HigherEducation Equal Opportunities Network.

To get an idea of numbers, please contact Faith Marchal if youwould like to take part, ideally no later than Wednesday 11April.

Our next Investors in People (IiP) assessment will be in June2012.

The assessment process will take the form of a short meeting,lasting approximately 30 minutes, with an external assessorwith a sample of staff. Our assessment dates are 14, 15, 19,20, 21 and 27 June.

Many of you will remember Gwen Carter-Powell from our lastassessment and we are very pleased that she will be joining usagain this time. Gwen will also be visiting our campuses on 9and 11 May as an observer of our Campus Exchange Days.

In order to help us co-ordinate the assessment, IiP Championshave now been identified within each faculty and supportservice. Briefing sessions for these champions will take place inmid-April.

Our IiP Champions are as follows:

Fiona Marshall Academic OfficeGeri Wren ALSSAndrea Hilliard Corporate Marketing, International &

Development ServicesPaula Langton Estates and FacilitiesAlan Turner FHSCEDebbie Ledwell Financial ServicesFleur Dulude/Andrea Lechner HR ServicesJulie Millward IT ServicesHermoine McIntosh LAIBSSteve Wilson Learning and Development ServicesMarcia Baldry RDCSPaul Varley Secretary’s OfficeLes James Science & TechnologyRumnique Gill Student ServicesRodie Shepherd University LibraryNatalie Swann Vice Chancellor’s Office

If you have any further queries, please contact Fleur Dulude inHR Services (on ext 4795 or at [email protected]).

Investors inPeopleAssessment 2012

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Mpowernet is part of theFaculty of Health, Social Care &Education, and has beendelivering Higher LevelTeaching Assistant (HLTA)courses since 2004. Below issome feedback from recentcourse delegates:

‘HLTA has made me moreconfident with the kids, thecourse taught me a lot about thecurriculum, and I’m moreconfident to do research and askquestions. I have a betterawareness of what I can do; I’mmore confident in my ownabilities; it’s validated me! I’mvery happy here now, I have a lotmore autonomy, I’m much moreleft to my own devices once I’vegot my timetable. I’m trusted toget on with it.’

‘It made us realise howimportant we are in the lesson,that we are not “just a TA”. Yougave us the confidence tobelieve in ourselves!’

‘Teachers are now more confidentto give us work and to makebetter use of us in lessons.’

‘We were actually asked oncewe’d got HLTA if we wanted to go

on to teaching and do afoundation degree! You neverknow where it might lead!’

These fantastic quotes camefrom Harpreet Bal, an HLTA atKensington Avenue PrimarySchool, Croydon, and EmmaGriffin and Marisa Leaver,HLTAs at Thomas MoreCatholic (High) School,Croydon, who had beendelegates on Mpowernet’sPreparation for HLTA Statuscourses.

Recently, Colin Sowter andCarole Rowe, two ofMpowernet’s Training andDevelopment Officers, carriedout a small-scale study ofprevious delegates from thefour main regions withinLondon. The impetus for thestudy was that governmentfunding for HLTA training hadbeen cut in mid-2010, andclear evidence of the value ofthe training – in terms of pupilbenefits and staff motivationand the desire to continue tofurther professionaldevelopment – was required ifschools were to consider self-funding HLTA training.Previously, such evidence didn’t

exist, there was only theanecdotal feedback delegatesprovided on the HLTApreparation courses.

As part of this study, Colinfollowed up on their trainingwith Harpreet, Emma andMarisa to form two case studiesin which they described theimpact that gaining HLTAstatus with Mpowernet had hadon their pupils and upon theirown professional development.

Alongside this, the study alsoinvolved sending questionnaires(for quantitative data) to headteachers and senior managers,as well as conducting face-to-face interviews (for qualitativedata) with both the HLTAdelegates and their heads orsenior managers. Altogether, agreat deal of data wasgathered, and this is availablefrom Colin, on request.

By way of example, one seniorleadership team member’s viewwhen interviewed was:

‘It has really helped us to turnattitudes around – not just in theMaths department, but also inother departments… in terms of


� Emma Griffin (left) and Marisa Leaver. � Harpreet Bal.

both staff and studentperceptions. The HLTAs areworth more than their weight ingold. They’ve become cult figureswith the students, especially atexam times. We weredetermined to buck nationalstatistics, which reflected thelong-held notion that boys werebetter than girls at Maths. Thework that J and her colleaguehave tirelessly put in has reallyhelped to turn this around. Quiteliterally, our results for girls haveincreased significantly. And it’sdone the boys good, too, torealise that the girls are just asgood, if not better.’

The findings of this small-scalestudy suggest that:• HLTA has had a positiveimpact on teaching andlearning, on candidate’sconfidence, on pupilbehaviour, contributing topupil achievement and,therefore, schooleffectiveness.

• HLTAs prepared byMpowernet are highly valuedby their senior leadershipteam.

• HLTAs are working one toone, with groups and wholeclasses.

• HLTA should continue.• Mpowernet’s HLTApreparation and training ishighly regarded by schools.

• HLTAs would encourage theircolleagues to obtain thestatus.

If you would like any furtherinformation on Mpowernet’sHLTA work, or would like tovisit the study websites, pleasecontact Colin Sowter([email protected],07738 458 210).

Mpowernet HLTA coursesEmpowering support staff to improve teaching and learning and theirown professional practice in school

ClearingPlanning is under way forClearing 2012. Pat Watson,Les James and Chris Jones areleading arrangements.

The locations have now beenconfirmed as the foyer of theLord Ashcroft InternationalBusiness School in Chelmsford(as in previous years) and thefirst floor of the Lord AshcroftBuilding in Cambridge. AtCambridge, it will be great toshow off our new buildings,and at Chelmsford under-floorwiring is being installed, whichwill be a great improvement.We are very grateful to AndyLefley for organising this.

Mark Utting of IT Services isworking on improvements toour Clearing database, whichwas such a success last year.We hope that the amendmentsbased on our experiences lastyear will lead to an even slickersystem with improvedcommunication withapplicants. This year, we planto have the database availablein April to allow for extensivetesting and more thoroughtraining.

Anglia Ruskin’s bid for an extra550 places from HEFCE wassuccessful. This is great newsbut, of course, means we willhave to work hard to fill thoseplaces. This year, there is nogovernment cap on applicantswith AAB+ at A level (or

equivalent), so we can recruitas many of these as we canmanage. Therefore, we expectClearing to last longer than lastyear, with more emphasis onconverting applicants. Onceagain, we will need yoursupport to staff the ClearingCentres from 16 Augustonwards.

This year, we will have a newsystem for handling calls and itis likely that we will advertiseindividual Clearing Centrephone numbers for eachfaculty. We’ll keep you updatedon arrangements.

Entry requirements updateWe are holding meetings withfaculties, during March andApril, to discuss entryrequirements for 2013–14entry. This will enable us toupdate UCAS in time for therelease of this information inearly May 2012 forundergraduate programmes,and to feed into our onlineprospectus for our postgraduateprogrammes.

Last year, a new system wasintroduced of meeting withfaculties and internationaladmissions (rather thansending out mountains ofpaper forms for amendment).This worked well – andprobably saved several trees.This year, we are aiming toimprove the system further byinvolving Tutors and

Admissions Officers as well asDeans. This should ensure thatwe cover not only academicentry requirements andacceptable equivalents, butalso the non-academicrequirements – such asshortlisting criteria, portfolioand interview requirements,work experience and manymore.

Our database and UCASinformation are updated fromthe decisions made at thesemeetings and this informationwill feed through to our onlineprospectus.

National ScholarshipProgramme (NSP) – progressto dateThe rate of application for ourNSP and Fee Waivers has beenlower than anticipated, so workis ongoing with colleagues inCorporate Marketing to raiseawareness of these, includingupdates to our web pages andcommunicating with schoolsand colleges and individualapplicants. There is moreinformation about our NSP andFee Waivers atwww.anglia.ac.uk/NSP.

Applicant Handling Survey –we’re not satisfied!Despite exceeding our servicestandard and achieving asatisfaction rating of 90% ofour applicants being satisfiedor very satisfied with thehandling of their application (of

those who expressed anopinion), we want to do evenbetter.

We think the unprecedenteddemands of Clearing 2011affected our satisfaction ratingand have reviewed theresponses in detail, identifyingareas that can be improved, toachieve an even highersatisfaction response. In thisyear’s survey we will identifyapplicants who apply throughClearing so we can report onthem separately to identify anyconcerns and ensure we givethem a good experience ofAdmissions, even at anextremely busy time.

A first meeting has taken placewith Student Services to reviewjoint responsibilities, with aview to providing betterinduction information and tohaving even more satisfiedapplicants in 2012. We arealso (with the support of ITServices) aiming to improve theinduction information weprovide to applicants in ourjoining emails – hopefully bymerging this from SITS – ratherthan applicants having to lookup the information on ourwebsite. A happy applicant ismore likely to be a happystudent!

Pat Watson, Linda Norris,Sue Metcalfe andTricia PhillipsUK/EU Admissions Office

UK/EU Admissions Office updateNEWS


Dickens’ Legacy – a celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens

When: Saturday 14 April 2012, 10am–5.30pm

Where: Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

Plenary speakers: Malcolm Andrews & Michael Slater

Cost: £15 or £12 concessions

To book: www.anglia.ac.uk/dickenslegacy.

Lunch: own arrangements. Morning and afternoon coffee andtea provided.

The day will end with a free glass of wine to toast ‘theInimitable’.

The event features world-class speakers, dramatised readings and a free glass of Dickens’s own Punch at the end!

For further information, please contact [email protected].

Find out about ourWomen’s Conference2012...Full details on page 32

On 28 February, ourDepartment of Computing andTechnology hosted aconference, Building in Securityfor Application Development, inconjunction with the Open WebApplication Security Project(OWASP) on our Cambridgecampus. OWASP is a not-for-profit worldwide charitableorganisation focused onimproving the security ofapplication software. Theirmission is to make applicationsecurity visible, so that peopleand organisations can makeinformed decisions about trueapplication security risks.

The conference showcasedtalks from a number ofrenowned experts in the field ofapplication security and alsoprovided an opportunity fornetworking betweenacademics, members ofOWASP and Computing andTechnology students.

Delegates were welcomed byconference organiser, AdrianWinckles, Senior Lecturer inComputer Science, whoopened proceedings with anintroduction to the topic areaand biographies of the mainspeakers. Adrian’s presentationwas followed by Dinis Cruz,

OWASP champion andlegendary penetration tester,who introduced the group, anddiscussed the ApplicationSecurity O2 Project Framework.Fabio Cerullo, an applicationsecurity specialist with AIBBank, then gave anenlightening presentation onthe Open Software AssuranceMaturity Model and EnterpriseSecurity applicationprogramming interface. Fabiowas followed by Colin Watson,Technical Director forapplication security consultancyfirm Watson Hall, whoprovided insights into theAppSensor Intrusion DetectionProject. The evening wasrounded off with informalrefreshments and networking inLAB006.

Speaking of the conference,Adrian commented, ‘This wasa very well-attended event byboth lT professionals andstudents, which provides acatalyst for many future eventsand the establishment of alocal OWASP chapter andsecurity-based student society.’



The University Library will berunning a major survey aimedat staff and students thissemester.

LibQUAL+™ is aninternational survey using arigorously tested web-basedquestionnaire to assess users’perception of library services.The analysed data will beused to inform planning offuture library servicedevelopment.

It is a standardised surveymaking it possible tobenchmark against otheruniversity libraries taking part.We will also be able tocompare this year’s resultswith our results in previoussurveys, run in 2004, 2007and 2010. In addition to thesurvey questions, there is anopportunity to give free-textcomments on any aspect ofthe library service and theseare a valuable source offeedback in themselves.

Confidentiality is assured asthe system detachesindividual identities fromsurvey responses, even if theparticipant has given theiremail address in order to givethem a chance of winning a

prize. The prizes available tothe lucky winners this timeare an iPad2 and Amazonvouchers.

The survey is being carriedout this year from 16 April to18 May on the librarywebsite, and there will bemore publicity nearer thetime. The survey is detailedand usually takes a minimumof five minutes to complete. Itshould be quicker to completethan previous surveys, as weare running the LibQUAL Liteversion, in which eachrespondent is presented witha selection of the full list ofquestions.

Please complete the surveyand encourage your studentsto do so, too. Thank you toeveryone who completedprevious surveys.

If you have any queries,please contact me [email protected].

Karen ReadyFaculty Liaison Librarian,University Library

Web applicationsecurity conference

Library UserSurvey 2012

Focus on

RESEARCH


Recently, experts from ourDepartment of Vision andHearing Sciences hit the roadto carry out their latestresearch. Dr Keziah Latham,Dr Sheila Rae and Liam Kiteset up a mobile clinic atTrumpington Park & Ride inCambridge after being invitedto South CambridgeshireDistrict Council’s Private Hire‘Stop Day’. As well asassessing whether the taxidrivers met the requiredstandards, the tests also formpart of an ongoing researchproject by the departmentcomparing the standard lettercharts used by optometrists tothe number plate recognition

test used by drivingexaminers.

Dr Latham, a Senior Lecturerin Optometry & OphthalmicDispensing, said, ‘Thelicensing officers were pleasedto hear that the standard ofvision of the taxi drivers wetested was very good.

‘We would like to thank thedrivers for their co-operationbecause, as well as checkingtheir vision against the drivingstandards, we were able toobtain some valuable researchdata. Our research is lookingto compare the ability to reada number plate at 20 metres,

which is the visual standardfor ordinary drivers, with theability to read differentoptometrists’ letter charts. Wehope that this will helpoptometrists when advisingtheir patients on their visualfitness to drive.’

In a survey carried out lastyear by The College ofOptometrists, a fifth of driversadmitted to having drivenknowing that their vision isn’tas good as it should be, and16% hadn’t undergone an eyetest in the previous two years.

‘Drivers are encouraged tohave an eye examination with

an optometrist at least onceevery two years,’ added DrLatham. ‘Even if you thinkyour vision is perfect, it candeteriorate without yournoticing. In an eyeexamination, not only willyour vision be checked, butalso the health of your eyes. Ifthere are any problems, thesecan be addressed soonerrather than later.’

For more information aboutthis research, please contactDr Keziah Latham([email protected]).

Optometry experts focus onCambridge cabbiesTaxi drivers volunteer to have vision tested for research project

� Taxi driver Mathivan Subramaniam being tested by Vision and Hearing Sciences researchers.

ESTATES & FACILITIESA behind-the-scenes look at theaccreditation of our houses


Below, Emma Stokes, TenancySupport Manager in UniversityAccommodation Services(UAS), tells us about a recentachievement, and highlightssome of the other things UASare working on at the moment.

‘We own most of a row ofVictorian terrace houses onCollier Road, adjacent to theCambridge campus, where wehave 90 rooms for our students.We’ve had a fantastic successto celebrate recently. For a yearnow, we’ve been working withCambridge City Council, forthese properties to beaccredited as part of theirscheme for Cambridgelandlords. What makesaccreditation of Collier Roaddifferent is that they’reindividual houses not halls. Allof our halls are alreadyregistered to meet certainstandards through the StudentAccommodation Code.

A grant to improve energyperformance‘As part of the scheme, wemanaged to achieve funding forsix of the houses by securing anEast of England LocalGovernment Association grant,worth around £3500 perhouse. The grants were toreplace the older boilers we hadin some of the houses, toimprove our energy efficiencyand performance ratings.

‘The most rewarding thingsabout working on this projectfor me were seeing the benefitsto the students and theuniversity. It is reassuring to ourstudents that we’ve beenacknowledged that we managethe accommodation well. Andanything that improves energyuse adds up to helping achieveAnglia Ruskin’s aim of reducingour carbon emissions by 27%by 2015.

The biggest challenges‘It’s been a long process, takinga year in total to gain theaccreditation certificates for allof our properties. There is a lotof measuring and evaluating forthe council, and once they havetheir evidence for each propertyit takes a while to calculate theenergy performance. They alsolook at the information that wehave in place for tenants, suchas emergency procedures, andmake sure we are managing theproperty to a high standard.The council is very methodical,measuring all the rooms of eachproperty, assessing andphotographing evidence ofenergy efficiency. Thephotographic evidence weneeded included the individualvalves that control heat on allthe radiators, energy-savinglight bulbs, ventilation systems,double-glazing and insulation inthe roof and boilers.

‘Generally, working with Les isvery challenging, too. He’s oneof our Building Officers inEstates & Facilities, and whilehe did a great job of managingthe installation of the newboilers, and helping the councilaccess everything they neededto see, I did have to put upwith his jokes.

Acknowledgement for goodmanagement‘But in the end, it’s nice toknow we’re improving housesand helping the environment,and that we are acknowledgedfor our good management andrewarded with money to helpthe environment more.

What’s next?‘At this time of year, we’refocusing on supporting ourcurrent students who are

looking for private-sector rentedaccommodation for the newacademic year. We’ve also beengetting ready for the opening ofCB1 in Cambridge – 511 brand-new rooms that will be ready forboth returning and new studentsin September. We’re preparingfor the summer visitors, as wellas for our upcoming residentsfor the new academic year. Theteam has been busy processingapplications from futurestudents. In Chelmsford, we’recurrently welcoming the Marchintake of 30 new nursingstudents.

Looking for more rooms inprivate houses‘We’re also looking for morerooms to advertise to ourstudents in Cambridge,Chelmsford and Peterborough.Our existing residents are nowstarting to look foraccommodation in the privaterented sector for the nextacademic year, and we’rehelping them by providinglistings of properties and adviceabout renting. So, if any staff, oryour friends and contacts, havespare rooms or houses that youwould like to let to ourstudents, please get in touchwith the accommodation team.’

UAS provides plenty ofinformation and support forlandlords wanting to advertiseto students. For moreinformation, [email protected](Cambridge and Peterborough)or [email protected](Chelmsford), or call ext 2900(Cambridge and Peterborough)or ext 3110 (Chelmsford). Tosearch for studentaccommodation, visitwww.angliastudentpad.co.uk.

� Emma Stokes with Geoff Morley, Residence Officer for our Collier Road houses.

Anglia Ruskin in

THE COMMUNITY


Cambridge Festival of Ideas isan annual event thatencourages members of thepublic of all ages to explorethe arts, humanities andsocial sciences through free-of-charge events. In 2011,the festival presented over180 events, with more than12,000 members of thepublic attending them. Weorganised 19 of these events,which were attended by over1000 people.

In 2012, the festival is beingplanned for its fifth

consecutive year. It is co-ordinated by the University ofCambridge, with participationby other local partners,including us, and this year itwill run over 12 days, fromWednesday 24 October toSunday 4 November.

The themes for this year’sfestival are ‘dreams andnightmares’. Examples ofsome related topics are: theAmerican Dream; the USElection; the rise of Brazil,Russia, India and China (theBRICs rise); and the Queen’s

Diamond Jubilee. Hallowe’enalso falls within this year’sfestival period.

The festival presents a greatopportunity to engage withthe public about yourresearch interest, and weinvite all staff to put forwardproposals related to arts,humanities and the socialsciences. Please do try andtie your events in with thethemes, if possible, but donot feel obliged to if you haveother strong event ideas.

We would like suggestions forsome high-profile events,including current affairs,debates, practical activitiesand drop-in sessions. Ideally,events should be based oncampus and be attractive to across-section of thecommunity. We wouldparticularly like events aimedat children and teenagers.

Twenty-five thousandprogrammes will be producedand distributed across theregion. A selection of eventsfor children and teenagers willalso feature in a separateleaflet, Events for YoungPeople, and 65,000 copies ofthis will be distributed toschools, local libraries,museums and communitycentres in Cambridgeshire andneighbouring counties. KatieMountford, MA Children’sBook Illustration student at

Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2012Call for proposals

� Floating London by Katie Mountford.


Phil Packer served in HerMajesty’s Forces for 17 yearsand sustained spinal corddamage in February 2008while serving on operationalduty. Subsequently told it washighly unlikely he would walkagain, Phil has since foundedBRIT (the British InspirationTrust – seewww.britishinspirationtrust.org.uk/). In 2009, he rowed theEnglish Channel, walked theLondon Marathon over 14days on crutches, and hauledhimself up El Capitan,completing 4250 pull-ups inthree days, raising £1.3millionfor wounded militarypersonnel. Phil has receivedthe Pride of Britain Fundraiserof Year Award and the BBCSports Personality of the YearHelen Rollason Award. In2010, he climbed the ThreePeaks during 72 hours forSport Relief, before smashinghis time in the LondonMarathon by completing the26 miles in 26 hours for 26charities, accompanied oneach mile by a young personfrom each charity. He receivedthe MBE (military) in 2010Queen’s Birthday Honours Listfor services to the armedforces, prior to his retirementin March 2010.

For further information aboutthe event, please contactRachel Moss on ext 4723.

Charity walk for youngpeople facing adversity

Date Event Time Where Contact for details

5 April Walk and talk by Phil Packer (see above) tbc Chelmsford campus [email protected]

3 May Universities Week 7.00–9.00pm LAB002, Cambridge campus [email protected] Sports Lecture by Dan Gordon

Anglia Ruskin, will provideillustrations for this leaflet. Anexample of her work is shownbelow, left.

From summer 2012, awebsite will have details of allevents (seewww.cambridgefestivalofideas.org). We will also have a fulllisting of all Anglia Ruskinevents on our website –www.anglia.ac.uk/communityengagement.

Organisation of activitieswithin Anglia Ruskin is beingled by the CommunityEngagement Officers in theCorporate Communicationsteam. If you would like topropose an event for thefestival programme, getpractical information aboutrunning an event during thefestival and find out whatsupport we are able to offer,please contact me([email protected]).

We ask for your proposals toarrive by Friday 25 May2012.

Miriam BergCommunity EngagementOfficer, Corporate Marketing,International & DevelopmentServices

During 2012, Phil PackerMBE is calling on the youngpeople, businesses and theBritish public to join him ashe walks 2012 miles acrossGreat Britain to raise£15million to build a Centreof Inspirational Excellence for

young people facing adversity(see www.philpacker.com/).

On Thursday 5 April, Phil willbe walking a six-mile route onthe Chelmsford campus, aftergiving all the fellow walkersan inspirational talk.

This month’s Community Engagement events in brief

April’s and May’s development sessions

16 Apr Introduction to SITS (FULLY BOOKED) Cambridge 10.30am–12.30pm16 Apr Extracting Data from SITS Cambridge 1.00–3.00pm17 Apr Introduction to SITS Rivermead 10.30am–12.30pm17 Apr Extracting Data from SITS Rivermead 1.00–3.00pm18 Apr Extracting Data from SITS Rivermead 10.30am–12.30pm18 Apr Module Leader Training Cambridge 9.30–11.00am18 Apr Module Leader Training Cambridge 11.30am–1.00pm18 Apr Module Leader Training Cambridge 2.30–4.00pm19 Apr Module Leader Training Rivermead 9.30–11.00am19 Apr Module Leader Training Rivermead 11.30am–1.00pm19 Apr Module Leader Training Rivermead 2.30–4.00pm20 Apr Stress: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers Rivermead 9.30am–4.30pm24 Apr Academic Regulations Cambridge 10.00am–1.00pm27 Apr Academic Regulations Rivermead 10.00am–1.00pm30 Apr Cultural Awareness Rivermead 9.30am–12.30pm17 May Lunchtime Briefings: UK/EU Admissions Rivermead & Cambridge 12.30–1.30pm29 May Cultural Awareness St George House, Cambridge 9.30am–12.30pm

If you would like to book a place on a staff development session,you will need to email the following information [email protected]: your name; job title; faculty or supportservice; location; telephone extension number and email address;the title of the workshop; the date of the workshop; your linemanager’s name and email address. Please note, before placingyour booking, you must secure your line manager’s agreement forthis training. If a session is fully booked, you can register yourinterest by emailing [email protected].

For the most up-to-date information about training anddevelopment opportunities, please see HR Online atwww.anglia.ac.uk/hr.

If you have any queries regarding any staff development sessions,please do not hesitate to contact the training team [email protected].

Spring has sprung and thisyear we are hoping to keep aneye out for new life happeningaround campus and create ourvery own springwatch!

We have a wildlife sightingspage on our website(www.anglia.ac.uk/biodiversity),where we ask staff andstudents to update us with anysightings around campus: inthe past we have had staffspot cormorants, mallards,moorhens, rabbits and even akingfisher! Please update uswith your spring sightings andif you manage to take any

photos we could post up onour website, we would be verygrateful (don’t worry, we’re notexpecting professional shots!).

We are also looking for anymembers of staff who have apersonal interest in wildlife.We are hoping to achieve theWildlife Trust’s BiodiversityBenchmarkthis yearand wehavecomeacrosslots of

enthusiastic students. TheCambridge Wildlife Society willbe conducting phase-onehabitat surveys for us, and wewould love to get more staffinvolved, too. If there are anybudding twitchers or wildlifeenthusiasts out there whowould like to get involved withbiodiversity on campus, pleasecontact the environment team([email protected]).

Love saving energy!Just a gentle reminder toeveryone to switch off all non-essential items before theEaster break!

Contact usAs always, we welcome anycomments, compliments orsuggestions – email us [email protected].

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Springwatch, calling all wildlife enthusiasts!


GREEN ISSUES


We are delighted to announcethe news of our InternationalAlumni Ambassadors – anetwork of graduates aroundthe world representing AngliaRuskin University in their homecountries.

Our Alumni Ambassadors havebeen active for the last 12months. Part of their voluntaryrole is to help source venuesand host alumni events in theircountry as well as helping ourCountry DevelopmentManagers with recruitmentfairs and exhibitions. They arealso happy to meet membersof Anglia Ruskin staff who maybe visiting their country.Regular contact andcommunication will help tostrengthen and develop the

bond between Anglia RuskinUniversity and our internationalalumni and will provide a pointof contact in that country.

Please visit our alumni networkwebsite(www.anglia.ac.uk/alumni) andclick on the link on the left,‘overseas alumni’, for moreinformation.

If you are planning to travelanywhere in the world, pleaselet us know where and when –well in advance, please, toallow enough time for us tocontact the ambassador and tofind out about their availability.Contact Sharon Wuyts,Development & Alumni Officer(0845 196) ext 4710.

Tom Dale and Jamie George aretwo Fine Art PhD students andmembers of the Fine Art ResearchUnit. Jamie George’s work plays

The annual Searle Award forCreativity recognises excellence inany artistic discipline and is opento all students in CambridgeSchool of Art. The theme for2012 is ‘Migration’. Theexhibition features the shortlistedartists’ work.

Alumni

NEWS

� Ambassador, Tony Zhang; city of residence, Beijing; study at AngliaRuskin, MA Accounting & Financial Analysis, 2007.

InternationalAlumni Ambassadors

We have a Family Day Pass(four tickets) to one of the mainMerlin attractions (courtesy ofMerlin Entertainment) to giveaway to one lucky member ofstaff. To be in with a chance towin the Family Day Pass, simplyanswer the following question:How many Madame Tussaudsattractions are in the UK?

Please email your answer,along with your contact details,to [email protected] 31 May. You can also emailSharon at this address forfurther information, too.

Win free day-out pass for you and your family

Exhibitions at the Ruskin Gallery

Lunchtime concert series – spring 2012

THE ARTSSearle Award for Creativity ExhibitionContinues until Thursday 12 April, Ruskin Gallery

TangenticideTom Dale and Jamie GeorgeWednesday 18 April–Thursday 3 May, Ruskin Gallery and BalconyPrivate View: Thursday 19 April, 5.00pm

with both familiarity andestrangement, whilst Tom Dale’sresearch has developed from aconcern with sculpture.

Fridays, 1.10 pm, Mumford Theatre, free admission

Apr 20 Daphna Sadeh and The VoyagersDaphna Sadeh (double bass), Cevanne Horrocks Hopayian(Celtic harp/vocals), Susi Evans (clarinet), Ian Hill(accordion), Vasilis Sarikis (percussion)Double bassist and composer Daphna Sadeh returns to theMumford Theatre with her group, The Voyagers, for a concertof new vocal and instrumental world music compositions.

Apr 27 Anglia Ruskin Jazz VoicesDimitra Tzanakaki and Louise Smith, with Chris Ingham(piano), Andrew Brown (bass), Nic France (drums)A professional jazz rhythm section, led by Anglia Ruskinlecturer Chris Ingham, joins jazz voice students for their finalyear assessed recital.

www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents

What’s on at the Mumford?

For full information, pick up a programme at the theatre.To book, phone the box office on 0845 196 2320 or call ext 2320

Some plays may contain stronglanguage and adult themes,please check when booking.

*Season ticket for allperformances £20.00 (£18.00concessions).

At least two plays each eveningand interesting professionaladjudications of each play.

The 44th Cambridge Drama Festival • Tickets*: £8.00 (£7.00 concessions) per evening • Tuesday 17–Saturday 21 April, 7.30pm

adopt one. Oscar-winning actressand international star HelenMirren is an unlikely choice, butSusan’s life changes dramaticallywhen she starts to ask herself,

‘What would Helen Mirren do?’

‘Deserves to be seen and heard.’ TheGuardian.

Susan is a long-term supermarketcheckout operator from Oldham.She’s never had to give muchthought to role models until shegets promoted and is forced to

What Would Helen Mirren Do? • Tickets: £12.00 (£10.00 concessions) • Tuesday 10–Saturday 14 April, 7.30pm

the truth of who her motherwas…but the truth can bepainful.

Angie has come from Australia tothe small archives office of aNorth London hospital to find out

Paper Trail • Tickets: £8.00 (£6.00 concessions) • Friday 13 & Saturday 14 April, 7.30 pm

him at the altar. Shot through theheart and his emotions run wildas he tries to make everyoneelse’s ‘special day’ a completedisaster.

Suitable for ages 12+.The Wedding Singer is aromantic musical comedy.

Robbie’s the life and soul of theparty until his own fiancée leaves

The Wedding Singer • Tickets: £10.00 (£8.00 concessions, £5.00 arutas members) • Wednesday 25–Saturday 28 April, 7.30pm

Cambridgeshire Film Consortium events • Bookings/enquiries 01223 579127 • www.cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.org

THE ARTS


Note: Ruskin Arts performs this play at the Anglia Ruskin Drama Studio, Covent Garden, Cambridge

Short cuts: digital film production course for young people – 10–13 April, 9.00am–12.00noon, plus film screening on 23 April

Lunchtime archive films at The Arts Picturehouse: Fish & Clips (A Norwich HEART event) – Wednesday 18 April, 1.00–2.00pm

Special event: RMS Titanic evening (Presented by the Cambridge branch of The Historical Association) – Tuesday 17 April, 6.00pm

Using cameras and microphones,experiment with green screen andact from a script as you join time-travellers, Dr Versachi Hetachiand his assistant, on their intrepid

screen at the Cambridge ArtsPicturehouse.

Tutor: Ryd Cook.Cost: £60. Maximum 12 places.

adventures in the 8th Dimension.Who or what will you meet alongthe way? Find out when youwatch your films on the big

Based on the best-selling book byWalter Lord, this docudrama,generally considered to be themost accurate, recounts the finalnight of the RMS Titanic through

Introduction on ‘Film and theTitanic’: Dr Rohan McWilliam(Senior Lecturer Department ofHistory, Anglia Ruskin University).

the point of view of herpassengers and crew, principallySecond Officer Charles Lightoller(Kenneth More).

Be it the herring fleets setting sailfrom Great Yarmouth or the Frenchcod ships from Fécamp bound forthe icy waters of Newfoundland,the rivers, estuaries and coastalwaters of East Anglia and UpperNormandy have been the focus of

Booking available one weekbefore screening.

Tickets: £4.60; senior citizens,£3.60 (includes tea/coffee witheach ticket).

many films charting our progressover the last century. Fish & Clipsis a charming collection ofamateur and professional archivefilms showing life in our busyharbours and tranquil waterwaysfrom the 1920s to the 1960s.

Easter holiday film shoot: adventures in the 8th Dimension

Debut performance of new play

Full details of all exhibitions at the Ruskin Gallery can befound at: www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskingallery

‘It’s as if you’re on a sort of long elastic line. You go forwardand get on with your life but there’s this – like this rope –tying you to the past. And it doesn’t matter whether you turnround to look at it or not, whether you like it or not – it’sthere.’

Dr Sean Lang, Senior Lecturer in History within ALSS haswritten Paper Trail, a play about discovery, truth, lies andhuman history. The play follows Angie, an Australian woman,who travels to a small archive office in a London hospital tofind out who her mother was. The truth, which is much moreterrible than she realises, lies in the documents that make upour personal paper trail through life.

Sean says, ‘As a historian, I’m very aware of the interplaybetween past and present. We think of history as a subject ofstudy, but it’s actually a lot more than that – it’s a form ofreality that is all around us and within us.’ Sean is intriguedby human personal history, and the inspiration for the playcame from a specific moment he recalls whilst doing some ofhis own research in the archives of the Royal Free Hospital inHampstead: ‘I heard the phone ring… The archivist foundherself having to break some very unpleasant and upsettingnews to this poor woman about who and what her mother hadbeen and she (the archivist) found it very difficult. As moreand more people explore their family history, archivists areincreasingly finding themselves in this sort of very delicateand difficult position.’

The production will have its debut at Anglia Ruskin DramaStudio (Covent Garden, Cambridge), on Friday 13 andSaturday 14 April, it will also be performed as part of theCambridge Drama Festival at the Mumford Theatre thefollowing week, on Tuesday 17 April. Sean has also written aplay called The Road Less Travelled, based on the poem ofthe same name by Robert Frost, about a young man facing achoice of roads to take, which is more significant than herealises. This play will be performed alongside Paper Trail atthe Anglia Ruskin Drama Studio, and also as part of theOneACTS theatre festival in Surbiton.

Having written several plays, mainly with historical orreligious themes, Dr Sean Lang is also Director of the BetterHistory Forum, has recently launched Cambridge HistoryEnterprises, hosts a regular slot on BBC RadioCambridgeshire, launched the magazine History Fix, and, ofcourse, passes on his expert knowledge through his work as aSenior Lecturer to our students here!

To purchase tickets for Paper Trail, go towww.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre or call the MumfordTheatre Box Office (0845 196) ext 2320.

Verity SandersonBox Office and Marketing Administrator, Faculty of Arts, Law& Social Sciences


What will you discover in your Paper Trail?

JOINERSThis monthly listing is to help keep readers up to date with who’s joined and who’s left recently. The entries are organisedalphabetically by faculty or support service, followed by the joiner’s or leaver’s name, job title and, if relevant, department or unit.

• Arts, Law & Social Sciences:Linda Murkin, Departmental Administrator, Anglia Law School;Magda Bergman, Administrator, ECFM;Julia Selman-Ayetey, Lecturer, Humanities & Social Sciences;Chris Barham, Chief Theatre Technician, Music & Performing Arts


• Academic Office:Louise Heyes, Examinations Administrator, Academic Appeals &Exams;Mary Cheesewright, Administrator, Quality Assurance

• Estates & Facilities:Doreen Loudoun, Events Assistant, Catering and Events

• Health, Social Care & Education:Peter Lewis, Senior Lecturer, Primary & Public Health

• Lord Ashcroft International Business School:Bronwyn Betts, Senior Lecturer;Daniela Raeva-Beri, Senior Lecturer;Jon Bolderson, Corporate Education Administrator;Lenka Krupova, Senior Lecturer;Marina Boz, Lecturer;Stephen Hill, Senior Lecturer

• Research, Development & Commercial Services:Joanne Vine, Research Administrator;Nicola Cefai, Business Administration Manager

This year, our annual Women’sConference is taking place onTuesday 29 May on theCambridge campus. Our themeis ‘Mapping our Way inUncharted Waters’, and – inresponse to delegate feedback –we are providing additionalopportunities to take part inthemed discussion groups.These will explore issues suchas dealing with multiplepriorities, caring for ourselvesand our colleagues, and

managing personal andprofessional development intimes of change.

For those unfamiliar with ourWomen’s Network, it wasformed in the 1990s andreinvigorated in 2006. It ischaired by Professor HelenValentine, Deputy ViceChancellor, and it is open to allfemale staff and officers ofAnglia Ruskin Students’ Unionwho are interested in:

Women’s Conference 2012 – save the date!• meeting and networking with

colleagues• sharing professional concerns

in a supportive environment• discussing topical issues in

higher education• identifying gaps in policy and

practice

The activities are planned andorganised by a small steeringgroup convened by FaithMarchal, HR Manager –Diversity. We are looking for an

additional member fromamongst our female academiccolleagues in Chelmsford asthey are not currentlyrepresented on the group.Please contact Faith [email protected] ifyou are interested.

To join the Women’s Networkmailing list, please visit:http://lists.anglia.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/womens-network.

• Science & Technology:Rachel Manning, Senior Lecturer, Psychology

• Student Services:Lucy Grice, Faculty Employability Adviser, Careers & Employment;Clelia Lamilhau, Administrator, Employment Bureau;Helen Ogborn, Administrator, Employment Bureau;Sarah Boxall, Faculty Employability Adviser, Faculty StudentAdvice Team;Deborah Mason, Study Support Administrator, Study Support Service;Sarah Claydon, Faculty Employability Adviser, Study Support Service

• The Secretary’s Office:Matt Birch, Security Control Room Operator, Security

• University Library:Lina Butt, IT Helpdesk Assistant;Sophie Wainwright, Library Assistant

LEAVERS• IT Services:

Martyn Reason, Applications Architect/Developer, Architecture &Development

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